16 Quotes by Gary Claxton

The willingness to go forward and the shared belief that this is a framework that could be workable is more agreement than we generally have in health care about anything.

People should realize that there is variation here. Everybody wants to focus on the average. Nobody is average.

Consumer-driven plans are proving attractive to some, but with just a couple million people now enrolled, it's too early to know whether they'll have a meaningful effect on the health system.

This is kind of the easiest thing out there to do and obviously it's not getting done as much as it could be.

I'm sure what they really have is a scorecard. There are some things just by their very nature that just sort of knock you out.

Health insurance is becoming more expensive for the average person.

Health care is becoming less affordable every year. We'll continue to have to worry about whether lower-wage and even moderate-wage workers will continue to get good benefits through the workplace.